My universe is my eyes and my ears. Anything else is hearsay.
Douglas Adams
Perception, Reality, Senses, Skepticism, Personal Universe
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“It seems to me that the whole field of humour could benefit from close and immediate scrutiny. Clearly we need to sort out the jokes which have any kind of genuine psychological value from those which merely encourage drug abuse and should be stopped.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Analysis, Psychology, Drug Abuse, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Humor, Analysis, Psychology, Drug Abuse, Social Commentary“If there was one thing life had taught her it was that there are times when you do not go back for your bag and times when you do. It had yet to teach her to distinguish between the two types of occasion.” Douglas Adams
Life Lessons, Priorities, Decision-making, Wisdom, Uncertainty
Douglas Adams Life Lessons, Priorities, Decision-making, Wisdom, Uncertainty“In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Imagery, Humor, Exaggeration, Atmosphere
Douglas Adams Silence, Imagery, Humor, Exaggeration, Atmosphere“I'm 48, which is a bit of a shock to me. Why only last year I thought I was a precocious young thing!” Douglas Adams
Age, Perception, Time, Humor, Self-image
Douglas Adams Age, Perception, Time, Humor, Self-image“I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.” Douglas Adams
Depression, Communication, Emotions, Self-awareness, Robots
Douglas Adams Depression, Communication, Emotions, Self-awareness, Robots“The theology of this seemed a little confused, reflected Dirk, but what was one tiny extra droplet of misinformation in such a raging torrent?” Douglas Adams
Theology, Confusion, Misinformation, Skepticism, Perspective
Douglas Adams Theology, Confusion, Misinformation, Skepticism, Perspective“Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools
Douglas Adams Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools“I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic
Douglas Adams Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic“One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with.” Douglas Adams
Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance
Douglas Adams Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance“As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.” Douglas Adams
Australians, Stereotypes, Humor, National Character, Americans
Douglas Adams Australians, Stereotypes, Humor, National Character, Americans“Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you're innocent than to languish in a cell hoping that the police – who already think you're guilty – will find it for you.” Douglas Adams
Justice, Innocence, Proactivity, Legal System, Advice
Douglas Adams Justice, Innocence, Proactivity, Legal System, Advice“Incidentally, am I alone in finding the expression "it turns out" to be incredibly useful? It allows you to make swift, succinct, and authoritative connections between otherwise randomly unconnected statements without the trouble of explaining what your source or authority actually is.” Douglas Adams
Language, Communication, Authority, Humor, Rhetoric
Douglas Adams Language, Communication, Authority, Humor, Rhetoric“Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this – partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties.” Douglas Adams
Science, Parties, Humor, Jealousy, Professional Pride
Douglas Adams Science, Parties, Humor, Jealousy, Professional Pride“High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.” Douglas Adams
Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor
Douglas Adams Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor“Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature“Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does.” Douglas Adams
Logic, Deception, Thinking, Intelligence, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Logic, Deception, Thinking, Intelligence, Philosophy“The stories had claimed that people in the area had been "terrorized" by some repulsively deformed "goblinlike" creature who regularly broke out of the Woodshead and committed an impressively wide range of unspeakable acts.” Douglas Adams
Rumors, Monsters, Fear, Exaggeration, Storytelling
Douglas Adams Rumors, Monsters, Fear, Exaggeration, Storytelling